By Amin Sarhan - Feb 24, 2013

The Green vine snake, is a flattish slender tree snake found in south east Asia. They are mildly venomous, and their venom causes swelling, with symptoms usually subsiding in three days., They feed normally on frogs and lizards and are slow moving, relying on camouflaging as a vine in foliage to hunt.

It expands its body when disturbed to show the black and white scales, and may open its mouth and point its head towards the threat. There is a widespread myth in parts of southern India that the species uses its pointed head to blind human victims.

The species is viviparous, not laying eggs as other snakes. They give birth to young that grow within the mother's body, enclosed within the egg membrane.